Legal Opinion
West Bend Mutual Insurance v. Arbor Homes LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 8, 2013No. 12-2274PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
A plumber hired by homebuilder Arbor Homes, LLC, (“Arbor”) made one of the biggest mistakes a plumber can make: he forgot to connect the home’s drainage system to the city’s sewer. The question here is whether Arbor or the plumber’s insurer is liable for the resulting damages to the newly built home. Although Arbor behaved very admirably in addressing the problem for the new homeowners, it failed to protect its own interests, and we must affirm the judgment in favor of the insurer.
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Arbor builds single-family homes in central Indiana. In 2005, Arbor contracted with…
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